Ellipsis (was Mr. Rogers -- crayons -- grammar)

[ER <ression@hotmail.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "heiditandy" <heidit at n...> 

>Heidi, who didn't realise that there should be four dots in an 
elipse at the end of a sentence until she started beta reading

I didn't know that! I always use three. And I put a space before 
them. So too does JKR. Is this a UK v US thing? Four looks way too 
many, though I couldn't say why three looks right :)) Does it get 
changed in the American editions? Any qualified grammarians out there?

Is elipse the standard American spelling? I'd have used ellipsis or 
ellipse.

ER